Stay on after school if you want pay rise, teachers told

Many teachers say they work an average of 50 hours a week during term timeJohn Slater/Getty Images

England’s chief inspector of schools has provoked a new row with teachers by declaring that they must work extra hours if they want a pay rise.

Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, told The Times that inspectors would mark down schools that gave pay increases to teachers who were “out the gate at 3 o’clock”.

His comments have infuriated teachers’ leaders, one of whom accused him of waging “war” on the profession and of preparing the ground for the dismantling of teachers’ pay scales.

Many teachers say that they work an average of 50 hours a week during term time on tasks such as marking and planning lessons. But Sir Michael said that he expected teachers to stay beyond the end of the school…